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I am honestly so tired of watching modern political discourse. Watching the news just tires me anymore. All I see on my feeds anymore is my liberal and conservatives friends posting links to obvious click-bait that is beyond predictable. The snowflakes on the left and the right screaming about their pet issues. No joke, it’s exhausting. I find myself getting tired of listening to the same arguments day in and day out. Where is the nuance? Where is the critical examination of issues on more than a “Trump is evil and his supporters are Nazis!” level? Where is the examination beyond, “the left is trying to take away our rights to free speech!” As I said, it’s exhausting. Makes one not want to even talk about politics anymore.

The older I get, the more I realize that my generation is out of its goddamn mind. I have ZERO love for Hillary and the DNC. Their corruption was laid bare. Whatever Russia had in mind with why they did it, Hillary made an ironic burn on herself when she said that Putin shouldn’t have been mad that she exposed that he rigged an election, but instead should be mad that he did it. Her lack of self-awareness is amazing. After all, NOWHERE in all the coverage of how Russia was behind it do they claim the info that proved she rigged the election against Bernie Sanders does she claim the info leaked is inaccurate. Hey, Hillary, maybe instead of lecturing Putin on a pulpit, you can take some fucking responsibility for the horrible shill that you are?! Maybe have the self-awareness to realize how hypocritical it is for you to call out ANYONE for corruption when there are thousands of leaked documents showing how corrupt you and your entire party I.

Meanwhile, I have ZERO love for Trump. This dude is fucking bonkers. No joke, he is totally nuts. He can’t even keep his own party lines going. Every time his cabinet says one thing, he goes on the news and says another. His Twitter account makes me think of a clown smacking its head into a wall and asking us to laugh along with him. His appointees are a joke, worst being his attorney general who wants to come after people who smoke pot. Everyone was all like, “give Trump a chance!” Fine. I gave him one. Now he can go fuck himself. This guy’s administration is a joke. I feel like I am watching America’s version of the fall of the Roman Empire. You ever read some of the stuff about what my old teacher call the “Clown Town Emperors?” There were some real loon in that lot.

But you know what bugs me more than all of that? The real problem I have is that instead of us talking about these issues in a critical way, all it devolves to is people using buzzwords to attack the others. It’s gotten to the point where I wonder if genuine political discourse is actually possible. And we need genuine discourse. We need to talk about the fact that the Democratic party is too corrupt to be sustainable. Sure, if it’s Trump vs Hillary (she is already claiming to be starting a new PAC to run), she’s pretty much got it already. Anyone who is watching what is happening can see that. When you have conservatives going on Fox News and saying that Trump is an idiot, then you know you are done. But why is it that I suddenly magically have to support that crooked harpy just because Trump is an idiot? Do people not realize that I can be against both?

I can hear you argue – “Well then, Lucien, who do you want to see as President?” I’m glad you asked. If I could, I would LOVE to see Tulsi Gabbard make a run. She has appeal to both conservatives and liberals. She has a lot of Sanders talking points, which there were plenty of conservatives and libertarians who said they would support. Not to mention she has years of military service which is another huge appeal to conservatives. She’s the perfect candidate. None of the political baggage that Hillary has, with talking points that voters were shown to actually support. While assholes like Bill Maher claim that I didn’t vote for Hillary because she is a woman (I am one of the people who wrote in Harambe. No joke, I actually did it), there is a woman who I would note on vote for, I would campaign for. Or if Elizabeth Warren made a run. Sure, she kissed Hillary’s ring, but she still does have genuine principals that I can get behind. Either of those women would have my full support. Glass ceiling that, Shillary. *rude hand gesture*

The Republican Party has now been pushed to the point that they can’t even begin to salvage their reputation. Assuming all this stuff with Trump under investigation leads to impeachment, then who are they going to run next? Ted Cruz, maybe? If the other candidates had gotten out of the primary earlier, I am convinced that he would be the President now instead of Trump. Part of me wonders if the left would still be using retarded hashtags like #NotMyPresident if that was the case, because these idiots don’t seem to know what democracy is or how it works. Yes he is. And he didn’t have to be. If the other candidate wasn’t a corrupt bitch, we could have had someone with principals. I know, crazy thought.

Throughout all of this, I try and look at both sides and really come to an objective side where I can actually examine the issue with some form of nuance. I hate both sides of the political debate in this country. Neither has the high ground. It’s like watching hogs do battle in the mud. Who is the better group? I don’t know, because they are both covered in shit. And I am almost to the point where I am tuning out and just enjoying movies and video games, because what is there left to talk about? Please, I am all fucking ears.

Until next time, a quote,

“Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.” – Clement Mok

When I think of liberals, I think of the fight against the Red Scare. I think of how people on the left came together to fight against a government who was all about fear, deception, and manipulating to convince the public that if you weren’t with them, you were against them. I think of thousands of people who came together to champion the rights of free speech and for unpopular opinions to be said. That’s the left that I think of. However, that is not the left that I see now.

For those who didn’t know, Milo Yiannopoulos was invited to speak at UC Berkeley. He didn’t ask to go there, but rather was invited. A person there to speak his mind. Now, because Milo is very openly conservative, and has a lot of far-right positions, it’s natural that there would be people who would disagree with him. Indeed, many of them gathered at this event. So, what did these people do? Did they come with well-reasoned arguments and try and have an open discussion with Milo? Did they allow him to speak and then have their rebuttal? No. That isn’t what happened. What happened? Well, take a look for yourself.

Listen to all those champions of free speech! Listen to the chant “Shut it down!” over and over again! Can’t you just tell how much they value the traits that the left is supposed to stand for? Because, after all, in today’s society, Milo’s views are unpopular. The popular consensus is much more left-leaning. With that in mind, you’d think that, even if they didn’t agree with him, my fellow left-leaning people would at least want to hear the guy out. That way we could form educated opinions on his views and then disagree with them in the most effective way – with good argumentation.

Fuck that noise! We gotta riot! Let’s destroy property! Let’s assault people! There was footage of some asshole tear-gassing a girl with a MAGA hat who was just minding her own business. One guy was beaten and stripped. There was even a story of someone who was shot when someone acted in self-defense after the mob went after him. Yup. That’s the progressive-left, everyone. That’s what it’s come to. But hey, maybe you think that that is hyperbole. After all, it’s not like celebrities are in on it or anything. Oh wait, here’s a link to a Tweet by Sarah Silverman, who lays it out that the military will eventually be coming in to help the left with an armed revolution. Hey Sarah, they call that treason, you know. Good thing that the Internet never forgets, because now Sarah is going to have this little nugget following her around forever.

Never in my life have I been more ashamed of the left in this country. We once made fun of the Tea Party and what a bunch of assholes they were. But you know what, as bad as their demonstrations were, I gotta say, even I am starting to agree with the conservatives who say that the left is worse. At least it didn’t come to guns and lighting garbage fires in the street. I remember saying that I wished America was more like other countries, who indulge in a good riot every now and then. Well, I got my wish. And it makes us look so pathetic.

Do the people like Sarah the retard Silverman not understand how absolutely horrific it would be to have armed revolution? Do they not realize what that would do to this country. Trump won, people! Fair and square! It’s all your fault. You made this monster. All the endless yelling about sexism and racism and all this other bullshit. Organizations who chant for dead cops, and then get their wish. You bear the blame here. Trump won on the backs of the people who are sick and tired of all the PC bullshit. Now we have a protest that had no illusions about being anything other than a riot, all to shut down someone that they don’t like.

The irony is that this will have the exact opposite effect. See, Milo really wasn’t a name in the mainstream. He is huge on the Internet, but he isn’t a name that the public at large knows. Now they do. Now they know exactly who he is. This riot has caught national attention. CNN was being just as hard on these idiots protesting as Fox News. That’s understandable. Any media outlet has to see this for the bat-shit crazy mess that it is. Milo’s name will just get bigger and bigger, while the people screaming in the streets, or taking to Twitter to call for violent uprising will be made to look like raving lunatics. Congratulations.

We can’t do like this, people. We just fucking can’t. Political discourse in this country cannot devolve into crowds screaming and burning shit in the street. If that’s where we’ve gone, then we might as well just go back to the Coliseum and have people settle their differences with swords. Then the mob could gamble on it and our descent as a nation into madness will be complete. Worse still, we have people defending this bullshit! Are you fucking kidding me?! This behavior is indefensible. But hey, it’s easy to defend when it isn’t these PC assholes who will be out in the street fighting the cops. It won’t be them in this “revolution.” They’ll be at Starbucks. Fuck these people.

Until next time, a quote,

“The blood is already on our hands, it’s only a matter of degree.” – George Carlin